Good Samaritan Society -- Lake Forest Village
3901 Montecito Dr, Denton TX 76210 · (940) 891-0856 · 73.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Good Samaritan Society -- Lake Forest Village is one of seven facilities located in Denton, Texas. We gave this nursing home a very respectable overall rating of B+. In addition, this nursing home proved to be a bit better than most of the nursing homes in Denton. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this nursing home. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss short-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an elite short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with an A. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 70.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to another one of this nursing home's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best categories. We gave this facility an A. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to patients and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as good indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care. This facility received a favorable long-term care score this year, with a B-. Even though this is not as strong as some of its other category grades, this is nevertheless an acceptable rating for this category. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's personal care rather than the highly skilled nursing or healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After considering the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 96 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society -- Lake Forest Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better